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Chapter 113 Empress Wu is in court (3)

As the saying goes, the ignorant have no fear. On the other hand, the more you know, the deeper the fear in your heart. Obviously, Li Xian's heart is full of fear at this moment, of course Li Xian is not afraid of standing up and talking, but because of Empress Wu's political skill - the court meeting, as the name implies, is the court meeting if there is a dispute, if it is one-sided, it is just a summons. Obviously, Empress Wu wants to The most important thing is to preside over the court meeting that deserves its name, and this is the reason why it did not rush to pursue the case of Liu Xiangdao, but caused so many troubles first, whether it was the disaster relief in the front or the imperial examinations later. To make a fuss, we are all focusing on the word "chaoyi".

Naturally, Empress Wu's move was not aimless. In fact, the purpose of this artificiality was extremely clear. First, with the successful example of presiding over the court meeting this time, Empress Wu would have the basis for facing the court. Temperament, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop Empress Wu's request for the imperial court; second, the previous use of disaster relief as an issue first destroyed the morale of the prince's party. It’s hard to make a big difference; thirdly, the reason why Li Xian’s nerves were provoked was not because he really wanted to stuff those bullshit anthologies such as "Chen Gui" into the imperial examination. Of course, if Li Xian didn’t If it jumps out, Empress Wu will be happy to see it come true. After all, those bullshit anthologies are all things signed by Empress Wu. As far as Li Xian's personality is concerned, he will definitely stand up and oppose, and this is obviously already expected by Empress Wu. Naturally, it is not good for people to fight fiercely. In this way, a gap will be torn apart in the alliance between the three princes, and there is no need to elaborate on the final result.

The above-mentioned general manager Li Xian was not completely sure at first, but after Empress Wu called the roll, Li Xian was completely sure, but what if he knew?Up to now, even though Li Xian's intelligence is astounding, he can only do nothing. Li Xian does not have much hope for the result of this court discussion, but even so, facing Empress Wu's roll call, Li Xian still had to stand up and express his attitude, so the crookedness in his heart can be imagined.

"Mother Mingjian, my son-in-law thinks that the words of sages and sages are naturally wise and famous, but the current language is not bad. Dr. Yuan's request is also out of good intentions. Generally speaking, it is for the students to understand the past and present, but the son-in-law thinks that this move is scary. Some things are wrong, probably because the original four books and five classics are tens of thousands of words, even if the intelligent people don't have ten or eight years of hard study, it is difficult to achieve small success. The request is for the fear that the students will not be able to catch up, and it is against the original intention of the imperial court to recruit talents, so I think this matter may be reconsidered one or two times, and I hope that my mother will carefully examine this matter because of my superficial knowledge."

Li Xian did not launch a fierce attack on Yuan Wanqing, who had long complained, but euphemistically involved the students' overwhelmed reasons as the reason for not being able to implement it. The order was clear, not only the courtiers praised it, but Empress Wu also seemed to have a smile of approval on her face. As for whether Empress Wu was really pleased or smirking, only God knows.

"Well, Xianer's words are reasonable, and I think so. Let's put this matter on hold for now, and discuss it later. Do you have any opinions on this?" Empress Wu put on an attitude of accepting advice humbly. Looking at the appearance, he nodded his approval to Li Xian.

"Your Majesty is holy, I have no objection." Empress Wu has said so, and it is inconvenient for all the courtiers to come out and sing a different tune. Otherwise, not only will they offend Empress Wu, but they will even offend Li Xian and his brothers to death. After all, the courtiers are not stupid. For this sake, no matter what they think in their hearts, they can only praise it.

"Xian'er is not only practicing martial arts, but he can still understand the book and reason. If you have a son like this, I am very relieved." The ministers expressed their attitudes, and when they were about to retreat, Empress Wu burst out laughing, and continued to praise With Li Xian's words, his face was full of unconcealable gratification and appreciation, but Li Xian's feet almost trembled when he heard it.

Fuck me, this old thief is so heartless, he's starting to sow discord, damn it!Li Xian is a very astute person, and he could tell what Empress Wu's intentions were when he just heard it. He quickly glanced at Li Xian next to him from the corner of his eyes. My heart jumped involuntarily, and I cursed secretly, but my face was filled with a humble smile, and I bowed to answer: "The queen mother is too famous, and my son and minister practice martial arts every day, that is, they listen to Master Xixi in their spare time. Gossiping, I just know a little bit of reason, I really don't deserve such a compliment from my mother."

"My son doesn't have to be so humble. It's really not easy to know books and understand the truth while chatting. There is nothing better than this among the ancient sages. It's very good." It is mentioned that it is on a par with the ancient sages.

Exaggeration, this is naked exaggeration!You bloody old thief, just wait and see!Li Xian already hated Empress Wu extremely, and when he heard Empress Wu's flattering words, the anger in his heart surged upwards, but at this moment, it was not a place where Li Xian could act wildly. It can only be wrong to say that instead of entangled with Empress Wu here, it is better to simply acquiesce. As for what others will think, Li Xian can't care about it right now, so he shut his mouth tightly and deeply He bowed his body and stepped back wordlessly.

"Do you have any other chapters to play, all the ministers?"

Empress Wu obviously didn't expect Li Xian to respond in this way, a gleam flashed quickly in her eyes, but she didn't make things difficult for Li Xian anymore, instead she looked around the courtiers with a smile, and asked indifferently.

"Mistress Qizuo, the old minister has this chapter here. The old minister wants to impeach Liu Xiangdao, the minister of the Ministry of officials, for his misconduct, self-criticism about the affairs of the princes, and his bad name for His Royal Highness Zhou. It should be that you have lost your duty as a courtier, and your crime is unforgivable, and I beg your mother to investigate it thoroughly, so as to make an example to others!" As soon as Empress Wu's voice fell, Xu Jingzong, the attendant, stood up from the queue and complained indignantly. The "crime" of Liu Xiangdao.

Dead silence, a dead silence, Xu Jingzong had finished speaking, but the hall was completely dead silent, no one dared to stand up to refute Xu Jingzong's bullets for a while, not only because of Xu Jingzong's notoriety, but also because Empress Wu had just praised Li Xian in court for being comparable to the ancient sages, now who would dare to say that Xu Jingzong's impeachment was wrong, let alone Liu Xiangdao himself did not dare, because he wanted to compete with Empress Wu's party in the court council Li Hong, who was under him, didn't dare to stand up at this time. As for Li Xian, he didn't plan to get too involved in this matter, so he was naturally happy to wait and see. You can't slap yourself in the face and say that what Liu Xiangdao said is reasonable, these leaders don't move, and the rest of the people don't have the courage to talk and move, so all the ministers in the hall are dumbfounded.

"Where is Liu Xiangdao?"

Empress Wu deliberately waited for a long time, and seeing that the courtiers were all lost, she straightened her face and snorted coldly.

"The old minister is here."

Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Liu Xiangdao felt very sad in his heart. When he heard Empress Wu called his name, he had to stand up tremblingly and bowed to answer.

"I ask you, those rebellious words came from you, huh?" Empress Wu stared at Liu Xiangdao sternly, and remained silent for a long time, until Liu Xiangdao's legs and feet trembled, and then Empress Wu asked in a cold voice road.

"Damn the old minister, the old minister lost his manners after drinking, the old minister is confused..." Liu Xiangdao was completely intimidated by the aura of Empress Wu. , stammeringly confessed his guilt, and when the appearance came out, all the ministers in the hall were dumbfounded, and the officials of the prince's line who had the intention to stand up for him were already terrified. , all do not know how to help.

"Confused? You are so confused, should I chop off your head in a stupid way, huh?" No matter how pitifully Liu Xiangdao confessed his crime, Empress Wu had no trace of compassion, and asked incomparably coldly. .

"My lady, calm down, my lady, please calm down. The old minister is old and confused, and I can't help it anymore. I implore the old minister for the sake of the old minister's service for many years, and the prospective old minister begs for his bones to go back to seclusion." Liu Xiangdao was frightened by Empress Wu's murderous words. Trembling, he hurriedly kowtowed and begged, poor Liu Xiangdao was nearly seventy years old, under the fright, his whole face was wrinkled into a bitter melon.

"After I reported to my mother, my son thought that Mr. Liu's words were unintentional. Although he had committed a crime, it was not an unforgivable crime. According to the rules, it should be punished with money. I hope that my mother will learn from it." Looking at Liu Xiangdao, he had completely collapsed. Li Hong couldn't sit still anymore, so he hurriedly stood up, bowed to Empress Wu, and persuaded him tactfully.

"Punishment for silver? The prince is kind-hearted, but you must know that Xian'er is your own brother. If you say so, where do you want to put Xian'er, huh?" Empress Wu raised her brows, and did not show Li Hong the slightest bit of sympathy. With a cold voice, he asked disdainfully.

"Mother, calm down, sons and ministers dare not violate the laws of the country because of family affection. The court has the rules of the court, and the state owns the laws of the country. Those who violate it should be dealt with according to the law. Otherwise..." Li Hongben was not an eloquent person, so he was said by Empress Wu , his face turned red with a "swish", and in addition to embarrassment, he could only bring out the law to defend himself.

"Hmph, what a courteous law, the prince wants to say that I don't know the law?" Empress Wu didn't give Li Hong a chance to finish his sentence, so she waved her hand unceremoniously and interrupted Li Hong's conversation. He asked displeasedly.

"My son dare not, my son..."

Li Hong obviously didn't expect that Empress Wu would not show any affection at all, and he was completely dumbfounded immediately. The more anxious he was to explain, the more he didn't know how to explain it, and he was so anxious that the sweat on his face was pouring out Spring water is average...

(End of this chapter)